13 Great Sites for WordPress Tips, Tutorials, and Hacks
Posted November 16, 2010 in Tools/Resources, Web Design
WordPress has become one of, if not THE, most popular open source blogging and content management systems around. With over 25 million websites and blogs powered by this award-winning web software and a continuously expanding community of developers, designers and contributors, freelancers who have the skills and knowledge to create WordPress websites are in high demand. Over 90% of my own freelance business involves the use of WordPress somehow, and I have found a niche for providing clients with quality, affordable, custom WordPress websites that has grown my business at a rapid pace.
In this post, I am sharing 13 sites (in no particular order) I find myself visiting often for tips, tricks and tutorials that will enhance and expand your WordPress knowledge and abilities. Some of them you may already know and others you may not. Regardless, these are my own personal haunts when it comes to getting more out of WordPress.
WordPress.org
This one is obvious, and anyone who is using WordPress has visited this site at least once. The home of the software provides everything you could possibly need for its use, including a support forum for everything from plug-ins to templates and more. Of course, the Codex is the mother lode of info for creating custom WordPress websites.
Digging Into WordPress
Not only the home base of the extremely helpful book by the same name, this site is also a wealth of tips and tricks from basic to advanced. I learn something every single time I visit this site.
Recent Posts:
- Putting FTP Info in wp-config.php to Ease Updates
- Display Total Number of Blogroll Bookmarks
- Dynamic Archives
wpbeginner
A great site especially for beginners but with some advanced tips and tricks too.
Recent Posts:
- How to Create a Tab Based Social Widget for WordPress
- 31 Days to Build a Better Blog
- How to Hide Your Posts from Some Users in WordPress
WPengineer
A great resource with WordPress-specific hacks, news, plug-ins, themes, tutorials and more!
Recent Posts:
- Stop WordPress From Ever Logging Out
- Remove WordPress Multisite Feature – ToDo List!
- debugConsole with WordPress
WPVibe
A quality site that doesn’t just focus on publishing news about themes, plug-ins, or releases, but also provides code hacks, tips and tricks, and more.
Recent Posts:
WordPress Tavern
Love the tavern theme of this excellent resource site (beer bottles and frosty mugs abound) with all kinds of WordPress hacks, tips and tricks.
Recent Posts:
- Software Releases And The Kitchen Sink
- WordPress, Disqus, And Spam Comments
- WordPress Mobile Users Grow To 1 Million
wplift
This site provides a range of WordPress services, from installation to hosting to theme design, but it also aims to offer help, tutorials and reviews of WordPress plugins and themes on the blog.
Recent Posts:
- Interview with Mark B, Creator of Autoblogged Plugin
- Magnificent from Elegant Themes: Premium Theme Review
- WordPress Cheat Sheets & PDFs (Download)
WPSHOUT
This blog about WordPress development has everything from theme design basics to using WordPress as a CMS to creating an Advanced Options page, and much more.
Recent Posts:
- Documenting A Premium Theme
- Creating A Tumblog With WordPress
- Submit WordPress Posts From The Front End
WordPress Arena
WordPress freebies, themes, how-to’s, plug-ins and more. This site has developed into a handy resource that I have used often.
Recent Posts:
- How to Use Categories and Tags as Keywords
- How to improve WordPress title tags
- How to pull content from other websites automatically
WPRECIPES
All kinds of tidbits! An ever-growing collection of quick, clear and concise WordPress recipes.
Recent Posts:
- How to count your blogroll links
- WordPress tip: How to make term edition easier
- How to count retweets in full text on your WordPress posts
WordPress Hacks
In addition to featuring a large variety of WordPress themes and providing reviews of WordPress plug-ins, this site was set up to cover the world surrounding WordPress, including the latest WordPress hacks, news, tips, tricks, and how-to’s.
Recent Posts:
- Best WordPress Widgets For Your Blog
- A Social Media Strategy for WordPress Users
- Facebook Like for Tags WordPress Plugin
Pro Blog Design
Not strictly a WordPress resource, but this site’s WP articles are priceless.
Recent Posts:
- How to Get Your Twitter Follower Number in Plain Text
- Working With WordPress Shortcodes
- How to Edit the WordPress RSS Feed
Justin Tadlock
Justin’s site is chock full of WordPress goodies, with tips and tutorials that I believe many already use regularly.
Recent Posts:
WordPress Snippets
Small, searchable snippets of code, helping you to create a magic WordPress Theme. Straight forward is the lead word for WP Snippets. No talk, just Snippets.
Your Favorites?
Did I miss some WordPress sites that you know and love and use often? If so, please share them in the comments below.
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101 Comments
Paul
November 16th, 2010 at 8:39 amGreat list, might I suggest http://wpzine.com ?
Chris @ SyracuseCS
November 16th, 2010 at 8:59 amGreat resource, thanks for sharing!
Anything Graphic
November 16th, 2010 at 9:21 amI LOVE WORDPRESS! Thanks for these resources as I still have a lot to learn, especially for a new project I am working on. Thank you! :-)
Cosmin Lupu
November 16th, 2010 at 9:22 amGreat resources for beginners and more advanced users of WordPress. Based on this websites you could build a great website from scratch using WordPress.
Lucian
November 16th, 2010 at 9:32 amThis is a popular resource too: http://lorelle.wordpress.com/
John Soares
November 16th, 2010 at 9:55 amI own the Digging into WordPress e-book you mention and I’ve found it quite useful.
I’m not a designer, but I’m always interested in good plugins and security tips for WordPress.
Riavon
November 16th, 2010 at 10:31 amThank you for this great resource list – definitely a bookmark-worthy article. I’ve seen and bookmarked a few of these sites already, but thanks to this post I’ve discovered a few more I can’t wait to peruse.
Jeffro
November 16th, 2010 at 1:20 pmAll good sites listed here. Thanks for including mine (WPTavern). Now if I could only get my ass in gear and publish more stuff :)
Ryan Imel
November 16th, 2010 at 1:23 pmI may be a bit biased, but I’m a fan of http://wpcandy.com :)
Adam W. Warner
November 16th, 2010 at 1:26 pmAs uncool as it may seem to promote one’s own site, I’d like to make you aware of http://wpmodder.com. I’ve been posting WordPress tutorials there for several years.
My tutorials are primarily focused on utilizing the standard features of WordPress along with picking the right plugin combinations to accomplish specific tasks and are aimed at the relative WordPress beginner.
Hope you like what you see…
Brian McDaniel
November 16th, 2010 at 1:27 pm@Paul: Just added your site to my RSS feeds. Thanks for letting us know – looking forward to checking out your site!
@Lucian: Thanks for your recommendation too. I’ll be checking that out.
@Jeffro: I definitely know that feeling. Hurry up and publish more stuff so I can read and learn from it! ;)
Tony
November 16th, 2010 at 1:28 pmGreat list! I would also include http://perishablepress.com. Another great site for all things WordPress-related.
Vivek Parmar
November 16th, 2010 at 1:45 pmthanks for compiling all the best wordpress blogs at one place.
i would like to add one more blog to this list
http://www.webguide4u.com
Michael Martin
November 16th, 2010 at 2:37 pmAwesome list, all great sites in here (And I love how each takes a slightly different approach to their WP articles, makes the community a lot of fun!). Thanks so much for including Pro Blog Design in there Brian!
Jeremy Green
November 16th, 2010 at 4:17 pmBookmarked this article. That is a great list of WP resources. Thanks!
Kavyansh
November 16th, 2010 at 4:32 pmDid you missed http://www.wordpress.tv {Video Tutorials}
TheAL
November 16th, 2010 at 8:11 pmDidn’t know about wpbeginner or WPVibe. Will be bookmarking all of them, though. Can’t hurt.
hackproject
November 16th, 2010 at 8:30 pmNice list, I can recall visiting at least half these sites in the past few months..
Stephanie
November 16th, 2010 at 11:56 pmThis is a great post! I use WordPress for my sites since it’s the easiest platform to build with so thanks for the suggestions. I follow WPBeginner and have visited Pro Blog Design before and they provide great tips and tutorials for WordPress users. :)
Blackberry App Development
November 17th, 2010 at 1:58 amI often refer to wphacks for latest tutorials. Nice compilation of the best WordPress tut blogs.
StormDriver
November 17th, 2010 at 2:23 amThis is really a great compilation. Although it is advisable to visit all the WordPress websites mentioned here and elsewhere the best way is develop your own bank of solutions and compile it somewhere so that you can immediately refer to it the moment you have a problem. Of course this is more applicable to those who repeatedly work on WordPress themes and applications.
Robert
November 17th, 2010 at 3:51 amI will find this post very useful hunting around for wordpress resources which can be very time consuming! Its nice to see some sites for more advanced users included as well I use wordpress for many sites simply because users take to it so quickly
Richard
November 17th, 2010 at 6:44 amLittle more specific maybe, but certainly necessary for anyone who works with WP: http://yoast.com
Miriam Schwab
November 17th, 2010 at 8:25 amJoost de Valk definitely deserves mention – he constantly provides high-level information and plugins that he develops. He’s awesome.
I’m un-objectively going to mention my blog here: http://wpgarage.com. We don’t update it so often anymore, but it’s got hundreds of posts that people still find useful to this day.
Syed Balkhi
November 17th, 2010 at 9:27 amThis is a great list of site that offers WordPress resources and tips. Brian, thanks for including WPBeginner in the list. We always appreciate the love.
Let us know if we can improve in any way or form.
Oli Dale
November 17th, 2010 at 10:51 amThanks for including WPLift Brian :)
webdingue
November 17th, 2010 at 12:46 pmGret list of ressources. What about http://ottopress.com/ and http://www.catswhocode.com/blog/
susan
November 17th, 2010 at 5:10 pmGreat resource…I would like to see a list in the future of where to buy themes or even plugins to get people started.
Mikey C
November 19th, 2010 at 4:19 amYou certainly didn’t miss any of my favourites and you added a few new ones too.
Nice work.
I’d like to hear more about how you built up your business – I’m sure other would find it useful too.
Shane
November 19th, 2010 at 12:17 pmWhat about
http://www.wpquestions.com/
???
Rachel Baker
November 21st, 2010 at 7:39 pmI just started a new WordPress blog for tips, etc http://www.wpamazing.com
London Love
November 29th, 2010 at 10:33 amGreat informations, thank you!
santi
December 1st, 2010 at 2:50 amnice post…
please visit this..
klik
thanks
Crazy Signs
December 2nd, 2010 at 10:15 amGreat roundup, but reading other peoples comments with links i noticed that there were some very good site, some might be better. Time to update your list :).
Dave
December 6th, 2010 at 12:03 pmAn excellent list. I’m already a reader of most of them, but I hadn’t heard of WPLift before. I’d have to mention http://www.doitwithwordpress.com if I had to pick one to add to the list
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Ayman Aboulnasr
December 11th, 2010 at 6:03 amWOW, excellent list!
May I add this new website too which features the latest tutorials, themes, plugins?
http://www.latestwp.com
Thanks.
Suzanna Wools
December 12th, 2010 at 3:48 pmHave been looking at doing SEO and bettering the design on my website for a long time, so this post has been really helpful. Clear read also, so thanks!
Aneeza Mubbashir
January 19th, 2011 at 4:52 pmThanks for the ideas. There are some great examples here.
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March 25th, 2011 at 4:16 pmI was curious if you ever thought of changing the structure of your blog? Its very well written; I love what youve got to say. But maybe you could a little more in the way of content so people could connect with it better. Youve got an awful lot of text for only having 1 or 2 pictures. Maybe you could space it out better?
Best WordPress Plugins
April 28th, 2011 at 11:22 amExcellent list of tips and tutorials. Thanks for your contribution to the WP community.
AJ Clarke
April 30th, 2011 at 2:46 pmNice list man. I especially love digging into WP – this is a great site. I would also love to see my site on here :) http://www.wpexplorer.com/blog/
Jaki Levy
May 9th, 2011 at 2:26 amThese are great WordPress resources – I actually just started digging into a really really solid book on WordPress 3.0. It’s got some really nice code samples, and is written by a few pro WordPress developers (including some from Envato). I’m actually giving away 2 copies of the e-book on my site – check out the details about the e-book and the giveaway here – I think you’ll dig it : http://bit.ly/lq20Ff
Anindya Ray
August 21st, 2011 at 12:14 amGreat List of wp related websites.
Thanks
deepak
December 3rd, 2011 at 1:43 pmThey are not just a tutorial sites, they are site of god for us,They tech us every thing from beginning to advanced level.So thanks for all of them from all of us…
YDong
January 11th, 2012 at 9:28 amI like wpbeginner best
Malarvizhi
February 21st, 2012 at 7:22 amGreat list!!
steve
March 11th, 2012 at 8:55 pmNice list.. I’ve used wpsnippets many times over the yearsi.. all great sites though.
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Niraj Kumar
March 29th, 2012 at 9:12 amThanks for compiling this list! :)
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Omkar
June 5th, 2012 at 6:55 pmThx..!!!!! for the list of tips & tutorials, its really useful for me.
Linto Mathew
August 12th, 2012 at 9:37 amTruly an excellent post…..These websites truly deserve their merit… Could you please write about top related post plugins and recent post plugins for wordpress ?
Li Ming
August 31st, 2012 at 1:42 pmGreat list. Personally think that Pro Blog Design is my favourite. Knew it from before reading it, and the tips and tricks from there are fantastic.
Jailani
November 20th, 2012 at 9:39 amGreat lists! Thanks for the sharing …
Karen
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Lookbook
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